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1. APPARATUS FOR MAKING TUBULAR BANDS OF SHEET MATERIAL COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY ALIGNED DRUMS; MEANS FOR INTERCONNECTING SAID DRUMS TO PRESERVE PREDETERMINED SPACINGS THEREBETWEEN; MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY SUPPLYING SHEET MATERIAL TO SAID DRUMS; MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID DRUMS AXIALLY AND ROTATIONALLY ALONG A FIXED PATH OF MOTION TO WIND SAID SHEET MATERIAL HELICALLY AROUND SAID 